Capriccio showing an elevation and sketch plan for a symmetrical ten-bay building with five-bay pedimented porch on steps, above which is a sculptural frieze and broken pediment. This gives onto another pedimented and domed storey with flanking campanile, havingfive-bay domed wings on either side. The plan is longitudinal and church-like, with apsidal fronted wing pavilions. Above the plan is a faint sketch plan for a building of main block and wings.

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Adam vol.55/11

Purpose

Capriccio showing an elevation and sketch plan for a symmetrical ten-bay building with five-bay pedimented porch on steps, above which is a sculptural frieze and broken pediment. This gives onto another pedimented and domed storey with flanking campanile, havingfive-bay domed wings on either side. The plan is longitudinal and church-like, with apsidal fronted wing pavilions. Above the plan is a faint sketch plan for a building of main block and wings.

Aspect

Plans, elevation

Inscribed

Inscribed in ink on drawing 11

Signed and dated

Undated, probably 1755 - 56

Medium and dimensions

Pencil, pen, brown wash 310 x 221

Hand

Robert Adam

Notes

This drawing is the companion to Adam vol.55/10; both are on sheets of the same dimensions. Like Adam vol.55/8 and 14 plan and elevation are shown on the same sheet. All four drawing form a small group of symmetrical elevations with wings and a domed centre block.

Level

Drawing

Exhibition history

'Bob the Roman': Heroic Antiquity and the Architecture of Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, 27 June - 27 September 2003; New York School of Interior Design Gallery, 29 September - 4 December 2004

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